AdvertisementOlympians Are Using Nonalcoholic Beer As Recovery Drinks. Here's The ScienceFebruary 24, 2018Ian Graber-StiehlfacebookEmailMagdalena Neuner of Germany enjoys a glass of Erdinger nonalcoholic beer after a medal ceremony at the biathlon world championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, in 2012. Today's Olympians have been swept up in a new trend largely emerging from Bavaria: nonalcoholic athletic recovery beers. (Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)